NEWS OF THE GOLF WORLD IN BRIEF

Mickey Trainii. vetenut N.J, . H pro who b r p n his career 28 years ago, Is new pro a I Wayne CO, on Pat I'run II Hamburg Tpke, N.J. . , . $75,000 develop-ment also Include*, besides 18-hole course. 16 bowling Line* . . . An grin Prtriiglla, former N.J. state P.G.A. champ, suc-ceeds Joe Dante as pro at Spring Meadow GC Spring Lake. N.J. . . , Dante resigned HERB to ureept similar position at West Orange (N.J.I CC . . . U S G A moving toward nationwide uniformity for deter-mining handicaps hy adopting new system which will produce both hash- and current handicaps.

F l o y d March, of Orange, Fla., to be pro a t P inecrest GC, Brookvi l le . Pa. ... Appo in t ment o f new pros a t two De t ro i t area clubs include H a r r y Ransom s ign ing w i th P ine L a k e CC and Gabe Banick named to Lake-poinle CC spot vacated bv res ignat ion last fal l of M ike Deitz.

Harvey Ilium, formerly of Rend Oregon CC now pro manager of Chuck Lewis ' Alum Ruck Golf liange, San Jose, Calif. , , . Itud W a r d giving lessons and exhibi-tions at Chuck's Colma (Cal i f . ) Range. . , Suburban Golf Club, Union, N.J., starts 57tli year With full membership. . . M. M. Bamberger embarks on Ifith year its cluh secy, of organization while Marty W a l -lack, who bus been pro for eight years, takes over as pro-supt., succeeding Frank 93vehlft who resigned as supt, after 15 years of service. . . Fred Black, Supt. Garden City (Knns,) CC reports change over from sand to bent greens and plans for new swimming pool, . , . Dave Davidson, signed as pro by Egyptian CC, Mounds. HI. . . , Walter Thiel now pro al Atzinachson CC, Milton, Pa. . . . Club now is 18 holes, having re-cently opened Its second 9 . . . First gen-

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eral raise in 7 years in rates o f Detro i t area semi-public courses f o l l owed decontrol o f green f ees by O P A on Feb. 22 . . . N o standard ra te of raise but some 25 cent and week-end 50 cent hikes, all much lower than percentage o f increase in operat ing costs past 7 years,

Jack Ryan, formerly asst. to George Lehan at Superior CC, Minneapolis, now head pro at new Yuma (Ariz. ) CC, replac-

ing Pete Lamb, W. H. "T l ge " Stanley left Hubbard Trail club. Danville, III., to take over duties us course stipt. at Yuma CC.

Plans for golf course with cluh house and motor court on 208-ucre Kancho Carillo on Coronado (Calif . ) Silver Strand are being pushed by citizens. . . S125,IK)0 has already heen pledged toward the con-struction of the proposed 18-hole course. . . El Cajon, Calif,, group negotiating with county and airport officials for lease of enough land to construct golf course anil country cluh, . . Chamber of Commerce active in helping them to till out well rounded recreational facilities. . , Semi-nole (Okla. ) muny underwent recent course face lifting. . . Work has started on Coffeyvllle (Kans. ) CC course and club house. , . Layout will be on 9»-acre tract. . . . A n d r e w R . M, Corstorphine, head greenkeeper a t R & A GC has quit a f t e r 30 yea rs . . . Goes t o Ty r r e l l s W o o d GC in Surrey , . . Andro says trouble w i th St. A n d r e w s is " o w e r mony greenkeepers, owe r mony howkers, owe r f e w g o l f e r s . " . . . Translat ion, please . . . T o o damned many hacking up and otherwise abusing the course and too f e w real go l f e r s show-ing consideration f o r course."

Dick Wilson, designing and to construct new Paradise Valley 18 holes near Phoe-nix. Ariz. , , . Wilson also tn do exten-sive alteration for Deepdalc GC ( N Y Met dist.) . . , Wilson on South American

w h a t e v e r your tu r f requ i rements . . . the Mock r e p u t a t i o n f o r q u a l i t y a n d spec ia l i zed service can b e h e l p f u l in solving y o u r p rob lems.

Mock 's o r e l e a d e r s in d is t r ibut ion o f a l l the newest deve lopments in mode rn turf g ross seed, sold e i ther pure , or m i x e d t o your spec i f ied fo rmu la . Your inqu i ry f o r i n f o rma t i on o r quo ta t i on wi l l rece ive i m m e d i a t e a t ten t ion .

1 rip ti> plan new courses , . • Course supt*. and managers glad there'll be no ciinflicl In their national association convention dates in 1954 a* there win this year . . . The GCSA and O M A A conventions at the same time presented a problem to clubs in the smith and southwest « h o didn't want two key men away at Ihe same time ami an impossible situation for some who would have liked to attend both meetings.

Increasing use of gas and electric player wagons on courses may be setting the stage for golf history . . , Some lush will be the first to be pinched for drunken driving on a golf course . . , Wonder what the fine will be for running thru a red light without yelling " f o r e ? " . . . Wil l the men complain about women drivers?

Norlh Ridge ('<'. organizing at Sacra-mento, Calif., hits done a smart thing in estimating Its construction and annual maintenance costs to do a good thorough job, then setting membership (junta and costs , . . Too many new clubs figure too close and hump into financial trouble that kills a lot of early enthusiasm . . . Gene Giles succeeds Johnny Suggs (Louise's pappy) as pro-supt.. Sunset Milts (X',

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Carroll tun, Ga. . , , Greens and tees w m r of finest in south . . , Club now improving fairways and clubhouse . . . I'aul June*, pro at Meadowbrook GC. Lubbock, Tex., put across a hote-l-n-one tournament that drew 835 players and netted March of Dimes $117.15.

James Harrison des igning new 18 f o r War ren , O. . , , 8th annual Midwest In-dustrial tournament at Wi ldwood GC, Middletown, O., and Po t t e r s GC, 12 miles a w a y at Hamil ton, O,, to be played Aug . 15-16 . . . Raymond O. Detr ick . Goodyear T i r e & Rubber Co., Akron , O., handling entries . , . Club managers all over the country ta lk ing about dinner Red Run GC members g a v e John Pomeroy , cele-brat ing John's 25 years as club's manager , , . Managers who w e r e guests at the a f f a i r say tt was "pe r f ec t example of what constitutes a good member and a good manage r . "

Strong pro advertising In a line In a full page ail in N Y Times Sunday maga-zine: " T o n may have to wait for your Cadillac, your Spencer Murphy custom woods, your election to the board. Hut no need to wait longer for your Carey hand-tailored sports jacket." Chuck Lewis

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now operating liis third range Ln Northern Calif. , , , Chuck has ranges at Cohnu. San •lose ami San Leanflro . .. lie's develop-ing a (lock of golfers in his well equipped, well operated nurseries.

Ford Hubbard's patent for compact golf course with clubhouse and "grandstand" in center and holes radiating petal-like, being considered for use in new course at Houston, Tex. . . . Supts.' meetings at Atlantic City and midwest this spring sure miss Fete Stewart, a grand jovial Scot, who came to the U. S, via Canada in 1921 . , . For IS years he was aupt., Lake Shore (Chicago dist.) and for 9 years prior to his death in Feb., supt. Butterfleld CC (Chicago dist.) . . . He did a lot for golf . . . His successor at Butter-field is Matt Bezak.

Harry Itubrndall, Freeport (III.) CC pro, proposes thai the PGA offer a President's trophy, honoring Ike, as team prize for Republican vs. Democrat congressional golf match . . . Harry believes the affair would be swell entertainment for con-gressmen) maybe raise some money for vet iiospital recreation, be a tribute to Elsenhower from the PGA and be good promotion for golf in reminding every-

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G O L F D O M has received several sugges-tions that a practice green and trap be built on the White House lawn . , . Should be a good deal . . .Don't know of any people better qualified to do it than the experts of the Mid-Atlantic Golf Course Supts. Assn., so Operation White House hereby is tossed into their tap , . . Ike will need to get out of the office at intervals and get a little exercise and practice to make him forget his troubles . . , The honeymoon is over quickly for any president and Ike now may be won-dering whether he won or lost.

A r t Hall, supt., Victory Mills GC, Kan-sas City, Mo., gets grateful letter from Maj . Gen. H. I. Modes, CO, Ft. Leaven-worth, Ks., for Art 's services In designing and constructing additional 9 holes at ihe Fort , , . Art 's In pretty good physical condition again, barring a crippled left foot . . , Gay perennial youth of the trirb shooters, .lack Redmond, entertaining on Mediterranean cruise of American Export Lines.

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Ruffner who teed up at 4:21 u, m., March 2 . . , Marse Jeff is son of J. D. and Gweth . . . His pappy is fine young Southern gentleman who is asst to EiTie Ball at Oak Pa rk (HI.| CC . . . Merion GC (Phila-delphia dist.) looks like steady job for Joe Valentine, supt., who's been there 47 years, and Joe Markey, cad die master, who's been there 46 years.

Annual meeting of Northeast Wisconsin Golr Assn. club officials, supts., pros and mgrs., May 11, Oneida G A Riding Club, Green Bay. WIH. . . . SIMM) Southern Cal-ifornia golfers invited to Bel -Air CC ( L A dist.) invitation tournament . . . Event, after qualifying, April 16-19 . . . Indian Valley CC in Philadelphia dist., headed by Kobt. L, Krnpp, to build new club.

Vince Leskowsky now pro at Salem (O. ) GC . . . Jim McGinley gets Rhinelander (Wis . ) pro job , . . U S G A announces fees for wireless sponsorship of its champion-ships . . . Open, of course, costs most . . . For network radio 515,000, live T V $20,000, delayed T V 810,000 . . . You can buy network radio rights for all 8 U S G A events (including 1953 Wa lke r Cupi for $35,000, live TV for $40,000 and delayed T V for $20,000.

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San Antonio (Tex. ) Light sports editor Harold Scherwit/ writes that Graham Ross, head of P G A rommittee on new golf course promotion sparked discussion that may lead to more mtiny courses for San Antonio . . . KOSH ami Warren Cantrell, Texas P G A pres., got the hall rolling at annual Texas P G A dinner at San Antonio CC.

Construction of 18 hole public course at L a k e Bal l inger near Seatt le , Wash., being considered . . . L e o Beckman now pro a t Savannah (Ga . ) C C . , . Bill Barker , Howard Becket t ' s asst. a t Capi ta l C i ty CC, A t lan ta , Ga,, .promoted to top pro spot on Becket t ' s re t i rement . . . Asst . Jim T o o m e y promoted and now head pro at Essex Fel ls ( N . J . ) CC wi th f o rmer pro Dave O'Connell res igning to g o into furni-ture business.

N Y State Turf Assn.. Bulletins 41 and 42 on l!)5S controls for Iree and shrub insects, w ith charts and other information hy J. G. Mill t hynse and J. A. Naegele, is most valuable concise information on this work ever compiled and will be very helpful to supts. . . .

T u r f conferences and short courses this spr ing have had high attendance and

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pract ical p rog rams convincingly showing tremendous value of these sessions to gol f course maintenance . . . A n y club that doesn't pay w a y o f its supts. to these a f fa i rs isn't manag ing its course mainte-nance budget wisely .

•ttli annual conference 'in soils, fer-tilization ami turf maintenance sponsored by Green Section of Royal Canadian Golf Assn. In conjunction with Ontario Agr i -cultural college, at Gueipii, March 18-20, drew record attendance . . „ Intensely practical program Included addresses by U. S. experts Noer, Engel, Musser, Zim-merman and Antonio Mascaro . . . At annual dinner tribute was paid to late Stanley Thompson, architect and great builder of Canadian golf , . . Field Days will he staged by R C G A Green section at Edmonton and io Maritime provinces this summer,

H o w a r d Watson , Guelph, Ont.. archi-tect and f o r m e r associate o f Stanley Thompson, des igning de luxe 18 f o r Medel-ltn CC, In Colombia, S. A. . . , Watson also l ay ing out 9 hole muny course in Don Va l l ey f o r To ron to . , . Canada 's g o t some

veteran green chairmen who real ly team-up wi th their supts. . . . W . D, Powe l l has heen green chm,. Brant ford (On t . ) G&CC f o r 28 years.

Top gallery fee of any golf event was $7..*i0 for last day of Masters ' . . . Paul Porter now pro at Madison (O. ) G&CC . . . Jimmy Watkup from Midlothian CC (Chicago dist.) to he pro at Shaker Heights CC (Cleveland dist.) , . , Jug Me Spade n running Celebrity-Pro tourna-ment at Meadow brook Cluh ( N V Met dist.) May 1.1 as curtain-raiser to Palm Beach invitation tournament. May 14-11.

A n lei I S pauldlng from Mattoon I III.) CC to Sullivan (III.) CC as pro-mgr. . . . Marlene Stewart, Canadian women's close champion, is a freshman at Kollins col-lege, Winter I 'ark, Fla., and classmate of Mary Ann McDonald, pro at (tolling Green CC . . . She pedals » bike to Huhs-dred for week-end golf . . . Greenkeepers' Club nf N e w England member now wear-ing lapel insignia pins.

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U. S. accounts this summer . . . Bob K i v -lin, jr., s igns as pro a t N o r t h e m a i r e swank resort course, Three Lakes, Wis,

Angela I 'erruglia now pro at Spring Meadow CC, Bel mar, N . J., succeeding Joe Dante who moved to South Orange ( N . J.) CC . , . Al fred II. Tull design-ing 18 for new private Norbeck GA.CC in Washington, I), C. dist. . , . Walter New -rath, 11 IS 13th st. N W , Washington. D. C. IK sets., board of trustees of Norbcrk . . . Club to lie completed in 1934 . . . High-land GC, Ft. Thomas, Ky.t building swim-ming pool.

Bill N a r y signs as pro a t Hi l lcrest CC, Kansas C i ty dist. , . , Cost of gol f short-a g e ref lected in le t ter to Los Ange l es iCa l i f . j T i m e s f r om cit izen in transporta-tion business who says in ta lk ing w i th many tourists who are go l f e r s they 've told h im they' l l not come aga in to Los Ange les f o r vacat ion but wi l l g o where courses are avai lable . . . P r yo r , Okla., plans to build 9-hole course.

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L y o n s as mgr . . , . Ralph Crozer now pro at Er ie , Pa., L a w r e n c e P a r k GC.

Lifting of federal ban resulted in con-struction being resumed on Sepulvedo North course, drat of two 18s to he built in San Fernando Valley by Los Angeles Recreation and Park dept. . . , Chuck Lewis' proposals to build 18 at McLaren Park being considered by San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

L. U . Cox, father of M a r k Cox, Wilson Sport ing Uoods advert is ing and publicity mgr., died Apr i l I I of a heart at tack at his home In W y o m i n g , III. . . , Three sons surv ive him . . , Mark was at the Masters ' when he received news of his father 's fatal a t tack .

Ed Dudley, Augusta (Ga . ) National pro, is active supporter of Teen Town, Augusta organization of boys and girls 5 years ago under sponsorship of Augusta Junior Business Women's Assn. . . . Kids have an annual dance, also stage a show, in financing their charity work and their own club building . . . Ed has brought as guests to the Teen Town affairs Horton Smith, Claude Harmon, Sam Snead, Jackie Burke, Peter Thomson, Jimmy Thomson. Harry Todd and Bill Trombley

G r e e n k e e p i n g S u p e r i n t e n d -e n t * , w h o k n o w The s c o r e w h e n it comes t o the t ucce t s fu l d e v e l o p m e n t o n d m o i n t e r o n c e o f e x c e p t i o n a l g r e e n i o n d g o o d f o l r w a y t u r f , s p e c i f y o n d use m o r e M I L O R G A N I T E t h q n o n y o t h e r f e r t i l i z e r . A c a r l o a d a y e a r u i u a l l y t a k e s c o r e o f t h e r e q u i r e m e n t ! f o r a w e l l - k e p t 1 8 - h o J e course.

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Bob Jones driving around course in his electric Autoette and joining many of the galleries at the Masters' . , . The Autoette made the slick clay inclines on the course roads without any trouble . , , Gene Sarazen plans to play during August exhibition dates at any club in Massachusetts that will contribute J500 to Ouimet caddie fund of Mass, Golf Assn.

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I o w a Greenkeepers and Tur f Assn. schedules monthly meet ings start ing M a y 12 a t Cedar Rapids C C . . . Then at Wave land GC, Des Moines; Carrol l CC. Red Oak CC, A m e s G & C C and Mt. Pleas-ant C C . . . Bery l Tay l o r , Ames , Is I o w a pres., Ha rb Klontz, Cedar Rapids, vp ; R o g e r Fr i tsch, Ames , sec.-treas. , . . H. L . Gantz of I owa State Co l lege edits the association's News l e t t e r and Is d i rector of its research.

Every writer covering Masters ' tourna-ment collaborated In a telegram to cheer Katie Ilidrikson Zaharias in a hospital at Beaumont. Tex. , . . Ike Cheves' pro shop at Big Oaks (Chicago dist.) enlarged and modernized . • . Big Oaks to install big Indoor school in its clubhouse next win-ter . . . U . S. pros say Rieanlo Rossi, Brazilian pro in Masters' field, could de-

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Hogan said Augusta National during Masters' "was in best condition of any course I 've ever played." . . . During prize presentation ceremony Hen lbanki>d course supt. M. I, Luke . . . I,tike had the greens mowed in the afternoon after play and In the morning during the Masters' . . . Showers and warm weather made growth fast . . . All greens are Bermuda except Htlh which Is In shady hollow . , , Tenth Is rye.

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Edgewater GC, nearest to Loop of Chicago's private courses, turned down offer ot fMO.OOO for Its 90 acres . . . 1953 Rules of Golf book Issued by t'nlted States Golf Assn., 40 K. 38th st., New York 111, N . Y. . . . Copies are 25 cents each . . , Write ttSGA for prices on quan-tities with cluh imprint or advertising on covers of books . . . Rules of Golf poster for locker-room and pro shop display, 25 cents each.

Val M. Brooks of Brooks CC, Okoboj i , la., who was first one to suggest pract ice putt ing green be built on Whi t e House lawn says this j ob f o r Ike would be greates t publicity gol f course supts. could have . . . Brooks says supts. haven't received small percentage of public credit they deserve f o r their w o r k in building veteran hospitals' go l f faci l i t ies.

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tough . . , Harbert got a 68 againBt a par 72 then . , , Hogan, Oliver, Hamilton, Bolt, Kroll, Besselink and Snead also broke par the first round . i .

Chicago Distr ict Club Managers ' A>sn. 25th annual s tag at Morrison hotel, Chi-cago, A p r i l 20, was largest spr ing a f fa i r the boys have held . . . Ne i ghbors f rom Michigan, Indiana, Ohio to visit Willi Chi-cago managers and en j oy the show ar-ranged by Jack Febol , entertainment chmn., antl Jack I'tna, pres., C D C M A . , . F rank Murray , one of the most widely known, best liked of country club man-agers , in St. Luke's hospital, Chicago, f o r throat operation.

Charles Bangs back in club manage-ment at Bloom field Hills CC (Detroit dist.) succeeding the veteran "Tommy" Thompson who's retired to live at L a Jolla, Calif., where he has extensive real estate Interests . . . Bill Roulo, another sprightly member of the Detroit district's Old Guard of managers, also one of the landed gentry at L a Jolla . . . Tommy and Bill are a couple of guys the L a Jolla Chamber of Commerce can brag about as making the place an epicure's rendez-vous.

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Arthur J. "Chappie" Chapman, veteran pro at Wheeling ( W . Va. ) CC recovering from heart attack . . . Harry Nash. New -ark (N. J.) Evening News golf writer and fellow who has done best work in tournament radio coverage, recovering f rom kidney infection . . . Totten P. Hef -felfinger, U S G A pres., given Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce award for "out-standing service In winning national rec-ognition and honor for Minneapolis."

I'aul llalin again won big hand from pros and gallery for his trick shot ex-hibition at the Masters' , , . Grantland R lc « Sport light feature "Wizard of the Clubs" showing Ilahn at his tricks had world premiere at Augusta night before Masters' play began . . . Tom McHugh now pro at Elks CC, Bo 7. em an, Mont. . . .

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Mutt Nlesen and C'het Posson of Tam O' Slianter arranged with Willie Schnle-wlnd, pres., German Golf Assn., to liavr Germany's star pm, Georg Bessner, com-pete in Tarn's World 's championship, when they met Schnlcwind al Augusta . . . II. P.. Gaertner, publisher of Golf, German golf monthly, also at Augusta . . . lie says there are 40110 golfers in Western Germany playing on 32 (-nurses . . . Rus-sians closed down the 33 courses in the Eastern zone.

Lincoln Werden , N. Y . T i m e s gol f wr i ter , e lected pres.. Gol f Wr i t e rs ' Assn, o f Amer i c a . . . Werden also is pres., N e w Y o r k Golf W r i t e r s ' Assn. . , ,

Mid-Century Festival of American Sports, with headquarters al 1 N . La Salle St., Chicago 2, 111., organizing hig sports programs in May in various com-munities with golf as a feature . . , Armand " A r t " Roux goes from Wlllowiek GC ( L A dist.) to I n ine Coast C'C, Santa Ana, Calif., as pro . . . lioux entered golf at Lake Placid, N . V, under Harry Press-ler, for 19 years was pro at lfaclenda CC ( L A dist,}, and was asst. to Lou Berrien at Wllshire CC, L A , . . Irvine Coast CC will open In Sept,

Entr ies f o r Nat iona l Golf Day, M a y 23, sponsored by L i f e magaz ine and P G A a l ready fa r ahead of 1952 f igure o f 80,000 . , . Entr i es wi l l compete on handicap basis against Julius Bo t o s playing a round a l Oakmont . . . Public and semi-public course p layers also el igible although han-dicapping is more di f f icult problem than w i th pr ivate club entries . . . W o m e n play-ers hy thousands also to compete a l though in numerous instances not on M a y 23 ( S a t u r d a y ) a t pr i va te clubs.

National Open prize money boosted from $15,000 to $30,000 , . . First will be worth $3000 instead or last year $4000 . . . A l l 72-hole finishers will get at least $150 . . . Billy Bell and Son to design course for new Foothill G A C C to be built In IJ«S Angeles dist. for group headed hy J. P. Itavelle, Arcadia, Calif. . . , First new private course In more than 20 years in L A dist.

El Dorado I Ks , ) Amer i can Leg ion to replace present 18-hole sand green course w i th 9-hole g rass g reen layout . . . T . L, S laughter named mgr. , Evansvi t le ( I nd . ) C C . , . John Gonella, Wash ing ton Post sports wr i ter , says P G A commit tees "have

not been slow to chase the do l lar " hence cannot b lame members who show symp-toms of acute money i tch . , . L e t ' s see anybody who is a l lerg ic to

Robert Trent Jones directs alterations of Birmingham (Mich.) C'C course for P G A championship , , . Course will be 'i,Hi5 and par 71 Instead of 6,737 and par 72 as before revisions . . . One par 6 hole reduced to a 4 , . . Jones found Home dis-tances on scon-cards were incorrectly measured . . , We 've been using a step-measuring watch-like gimmick called a Golf-o-metcr which Is quite accurate and have found some surprising differences between scorecard and actual distances on courses.

Apr i l showers in many parts of U . S. reduced ear ly play . . . St. George ' s G&OC I N Y Met dist. | to be in new clubhouse next month . , , Johnny Farre l l had an arm broken by pupil sw ing ing in Saks 5th Av e . where Johnny had w in te r school . . , F r ed McPheters , le f t -handed amateur s tar turns pro to take Nor thpor t i M e . ) CC job.

Western Golf Assn. distributing 1953 membership bag tags which finance the association's Evans Caddie scholarships . . , Hord Hardin, rhm., Western Open championship, and St. Iritis District Golf Assn. report in mid-April more than 3,600 season tickets have been sold for West-ern Open at Bellerlve CC St. Louis, May 28-81.

U S G A probably wi l l c l a r i f y Industrial gol f tournament situation so this sw i f t l y deve lop ing sector of the g a m e wi l l be fur ther encouraged but go l f ' s Arm ama-teur status wil l be protected against busi-ness firm commerc ia l i zat ion of sports on semi-pro basis , . . W h y do Brit ish sports wr i t e rs rap Hope and Crosby when Bob and B lng are prevented f r om applying themselves Intensely to go l f compet i t ion by uncontrol led fool ishnes of their British ga l l e r i es? . . . Unless the wr i t e r s be nice l i tt le gent lemen we ' l l ask that Hope and Crosby be put on the U. S, W a l k e r Cup team, and that would not risk our loss of the Cup.

Walter C.rego, supt., Devpdale GC ( N T Met. dist.), hailed as growing In Yankee stadium at New York City finest turf in any baseball park In the , , . British golf pros to get workout for Ryder Cup matches at Went worth where matches will be played in Oct. when the fourth Daks tournament Is played June 10, II , U i > Tournament sponsored by

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Horton Smith has been doing invalu-able job tor P G A by attending sectional meetings and explaining P G A problems and telling of vast constructive work and details the organization handles . . . Smit-ty Padgett now pro at Glenbrook OC I Washington, D. C.t dist, . . . W e couldn't decide whether to laugh or vomit when we read and heard some criticism of Hogan not going to Las Vegas tourna-ment, the critics stressing that the Las Vegas event was a Runyon Cancer Fund benefit . . . Hogan has given away to worthy causes a bigger percentage of his Income than his critics but instead of show-boating he's kept his gifts quiet as a gentleman should and does . . . Any and every worthy cause deserves golfers' sup-port but no golfer can be honestly criticized for not taking a bow for giving away other peoples' money.

James Marker now supt, at Lincoln Park GC, Grand Forks. N . ! > . . . . Grange G. Alves and his wife have bought 18-hole colirsc and clubhouse of Grantsvood GC (Cleveland dist.) . . Warren Fatica Is pro and Hennelh Glddlngs Is supt al Grant w ood , . . The Alves moved Irom Wllloughhy (O. ) GC when the property was sold to Thompson Products Co. which is building a factory on the site.

National Assn. of Left -Handed Golfers scheduled 3 championships for its H th annual tournament al French Lick Springs, Ind., July 13 . . . One will be the top championship, another a "vacation" division with many flights and the third a seniors division for those 45 or older . . . Ross Lillard of St. Louis Is southpaws'

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I ' S G A establishing first half of 3-year fellowship in turf research with $3000 from National Golf Fund . . W m . Fltz-gihhon heads Gene Sarazen Caddie Schol-arship Fund. Inc., to provide 4 year schol-arships for caddics in N . Y. state . . . Gene M ill play free exhibition at any cluh giving $500 to fund . , . Organization is being rapidly enlarged with members at $5 a year . . . Full details to N . Y cluh officials and others from Sidney J. Wain, l i ft ftth ave.. New York 2, N . Y.

Oakmont to play 6.882 yds. for N a -tional Open . . . The late W . C. Fownes. Jr., was mainly responsible for Oakmont's design . . Club was founded in 1903 and didn't have a pro until 1910 when Tommy Anderson got on the job . . . A f ter Tom-my came Dave Robertson, Mac Smith, Charley Rowe. Emil Loeflfler and Lou Worsham . . . Emil was one of the great greenkeepers of his time . . . A f te r his death his brother Bobby, many years at Oakmont, was placed in charge of course maintenance . , . Lowest 72-hole com-petitive score from back tees was made In 1928 by Willie Macfarlane in win-ning the Pennsylvania State Open,

Midwest Golf Course Supts. Assn hail big turnout for annual spring dance, at Silver Lake CC (Chicago dist.) . . . P G A sends its constitution and by- laws book-let to sports writers, rail it i and TV men , . Ontario 0|icn at Essex G4CC , Wind-sor, Ont., dates changed from June 25 and 26 to June 18 and IB , . . First prize, $1000.

Alex Watson, Leewood GC ( N Y Met (Continued on page 114)

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One of (he many picturesque greens at Beaconifield Gol f Course, Montreal, Canada, scene of the second annual Canada-United States PGA (earn matches and the inaugural of the Wor ld -Wide twosome matches, June 2-7. Both competitions are sponsored by John Jay Hopkins, Canadian sportsman, to further International good will.

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SWINGING AROUND GOLF (Continued from page 111)

dist , ) pro, we l comed back a f t e r serious operat ion by his Westchester pro pals a t test imonial dinner . . , W i l l i e Nor ton , now 85, a t Jersey P G A pro-amateur, recal l ing the old days w i th Jack Jol ly and Joe Greene . , . Wi l l i e continues to be l ively In mind and l imb.

Jim Terry from Childress (Tex. ) CC as pro to Los Alamos ( N , M. ) GC . . . J C. Diamond now mgr., Rlilgcwonil CC, Dan-bury, Conn. . . . Roberto f)e vicenzo and Antonio Cerda, Argentine team In Inter-national invitation twosome matcbes for the Canada Cup at Beaconsfield GC, Montreal, June 2 and 3 and curtain-raiser for Hopkins Cup International V. S.-Can-ada P G A team matches . . . With O P A price controls off George S. May Is In-creasing prices for All -American and World ehnmulonship to for Thursday and Friday. $4 for Saturday and $9 for Sunday for both events . . . Plus tax on all days.

Wi lbur H, Stone now supt., Marsha l l (M inn . ) CC . . . T e d Hammerschmid t and Mrs. Edith Jones Bancro f t , marr ied a t Crystal Lake , IU„ Ap r i l 2 . . . T e d is owner-mgr . , Wood r idge GC, Lisle, 111.

, . . Paul Gross engaged as pro. Forest Park muny course, Noblesvt l le , Ind. . . . F rank Foger ty , Greenbr ier GC (St. Louis dist. ) elected pres., Eastern Missouri P G A , succeeding his brother Jim of Sun-set who resigned because o f possible con-flict w i th his duties as vp, P G A of Ame r -ica . . T e d Nelst , St. Lou is CC, elected Eastern Mo. P G A vp, succeeding Frank F o g e r t y . , . A l v e y Humes, 19 years pro a t Id le Hour CC, Lex ington , Ky. , to Boil-ing Spr inge CC, Lex ington , K y . aa pro,

Walalne CC, Honolulu, planning $10,000 Invitation event featuring 10 leading I ' S pros for October or November . . . Prob-ably Nov. as Ryder Cup matches In Eng-land and International match in Paris — If l" . S pros agree to it — will keep Yank pros busy first half of October . , , 181h annual Midwest amaleur tournament at French Lick Springs. Ind, June 12-13-14, with endorsement of Chicago DUtrlcl Golf Assn,

T o m m y Armour ' s new book, " H o w to P l a y Your Best Golf A l l the T i m e " now on best-seller lists in several cities . , . Book a l ready In second edit ion , , . "Scot -t y " McLaren , Toro ' s f ield expert , specta-tor at the Masters ' a f t e r v is i t ing his daughter at At lanta .